Consensus needed to deprecate HC terms related to "size class"

[pzermoglio]

Two terms in original HC refer to size class:

• Original HC size class (currently sizeClassScope in IPT) definition:

  Size classes included in the study for the prospective taxa (e.g., only small mammals).

  • examples provided with HC paper: medium to larger mammals for camera traps, nets mesh small enough for small arctic fish

• Original HC size class excluded (currently excludedSizeClassScope in IPT) definition:

  Size classes excluded in the study for the prospective taxa (e.g., only small mammals).

  • examples provided with HC paper: live trapping exluded larger mammals

\ During first round of review we identified the following issues with this term:

• As for the examples provided, this term is actually mixing sizes with taxonomic scope, sampling method and geographic scope.
• A size class that was populated with "small / medium / large" is ambiguous enough that it would probably not really serve any purpose.

So we request input on whether to:

1. deprecate this term; or
2. turn it into a numeric field - which should probably allow for ranges - e.g., sizeInXXXXScope (in what? would this be length? volume? other? could it really be estimated? how often would this kind of info be reported to justify having a term for it?)

[tucotuco]

Since the apparent intended usage of these concepts is broad and vague, how does it serve anyone that wouldn't be served by just relegating this information to dwc:samplingProtocol or dwc:eventRemarks? I would recommend deprecating these.

[pzermoglio]

Following group discussions from 2021-06-09, both terms are to be DEPRECATED.